I Don't Own Yu-Gi-Oh
I wasn't really sure how I managed to get here, but here I was, standing in front of a guy who was easily seven feet tall. Well, I know exactly how I got here, I had been looking for this guy after all, but still. The guy whose been going around playing with an ante and covered by obelisk jackets. I wasn't near idiotic enough to look like me at the moment, for one, I was properly wearing my old Slifer jacket at the moment, and I was wearing my hair in a different, pretty uncomfortable style. With how dark it is, I'm hoping this will make it pretty bad hard to pick me out of a large group of students.
"Hey! Your that duel giant guy right? Cool, you play with an ante!" I hate how hyper and just super out of character my own voice sounded, but my normal bored near monotone voice was pretty recognizable when everyone here is fast speaking and loud, not to mention I'm pretty use to playing a role when it suits me, and the rewards are fine by me. He just grunted at that so I just plastered on a light smile before saying in a happy tone as I called out to him.
"How about we make this a bit more interesting though, I'll put up half my deck but you have to put up all the rare cards you've stolen...No? Well, maybe then Beauregard, I should turn you into the Chancellor" He froze at that as I just pulled on a playful smirk. Yeah, it wasn't all that hard to figure out, and with how many nights it took me to find him, it was beyond easy to have the time to find his name. I mean there is only so many Ra yellows in this school whose that tall and bulky, and by that I mean one.
"...Fine!" I just grinned as his rough voice filled the clearing as I activated my duel disk, slotting in my deck as he quickly mirrored me. It was clear he was scared but I already figured it wouldn't matter since he wasn't making the plays here, it was that kid behind that tree behind him that was trying to be sneaky. Still, it didn't matter much to me as I drew my five as he called out in front of me.
"I'm going first, I summon Giant Orc(2200/0) in attack mode!" Right he uses this kind of deck, a pure power one, still it looks like that's all he has and so with that.
"I'll draw" I pulled out my newest card and looked down at it as I looked over the rest of my hand for a moment as a small plan came together in my mind, I still wasn't use to the combos in this one so it did take me a second before I called out.
"Now then, first I'll summon out my Luster Dragon(1900/1600), and from there I'll be playing a spell card! Dragon's Gunfire, which allows me to do one of two things when I have a dragon on the field, the first is I get to instantly deal 800 life points of damage to you, but I think I might save off on that and instead us it's second effect. By targeting a monster on the field with a Defense score lower than 800, I can instantly destroy it, and I'll be picking your Giant Orc!"
I was going to have a sore throat tomorrow but it was fine as I watched my spell activate as a blast of fire shot forwards and destroyed the massive creature. Because I mean so what if I'm using another deck, at my heart I do enjoy using spells and traps to ruin people's turns.
"Now, Luster Dragon attack him directly!" I grinned as I watched the frankly sparkling dragon reared it's head back before shooting out a beam of gleaming energy which slammed into the massive teen as his life points dropped down to 2100.
"Now, I set one card and end my turn! I hope you have a better next turn" I didn't get one of my burn traps that I shuffled into this deck but it would still mostly certainly come in handy. Still, the giant just growled at me as he angrily drew his card before calling out after a moment.
"I play my spell card, Double Summon! Now I get to summon two monsters, so with that I'll be summoning two monsters! First Breaker the Magical Warrior(1600/1000) but when it's normal summoned it's attack increases by 300(1900/1000)! Next I summon Big Shield Gardna(100/2600). Now I attack your Luster dragon with Breaker the Magical Warrior!" His plan wasn't bad, it would destroy both monsters while leaving him with an impressive defense, but I don't like that.
"I activate my trap card! Scarp Iron Scarecrow, this little buddy can stop one attack every battle phase!" I couldn't really tell but I think he was frowning at that.
"Alright, I end my turn" I just nodded as I reached down to my duel disk while calling out.
"Then I draw" I looked down at the card for a moment before humming, it wasn't bad but I couldn't use it this turn, fine.
"I'll start by setting one card face down then summoning another dragon to keep the one of the field company, and that dragon is Masked Dragon(1500/1100)! With that I end my turn" It would be a waste to have Luster destroy that Magical Warrior right now, so I can wait a little while.
"I draw!...I place one card face down then attack with Breaker the Magical Magical Warrior at your Masked Dragon!" I just smiled and flipped up Scarp Iron again which halted that in it's tracks, with that he ended his turn as I drew out my next card before smiling a bit at the sight of it, I couldn't use you right, but give me a moment or two.
"First I summon Elemental Dragon(1500/1200), but don't get it into your head that he's a weaker dragon as his effect activates, since Masked Dragon is a Fire type and Luster Dragon is a Wind type, both his effects trigger, meaning his attack power is boost up to 2000 and he can now attack twice in a row, isn't that convenient?" I just smiled as I decided to play it up a bit as I threw my arm out a bit as I called out.
"Elemental Dragon, destroy that Magical Warrior!" I couldn't do anything else but it still did enough to destroy that pesky card as I watched it blow up from the combined attack of what looked like a gust of wind and a breath of flames. I got to say, visually, dragons are a lot cooler to play. Still, it'll take me a moment to get by that defense monster on the field, but I have a plan in mind, I just need another card.
"Now I end my turn" The giant of a man just drew, barely calling it out in what must have been concentration as he looked over his hand for a moment before saying.
"I use Monster Reborn! Which lets be bring one monster back form my grave, so I'll just be bring back my Breaker the Magical Warrior(1600/1000). But I'm not done yet as I play my trap card, Call of the Haunted, which also lets me bring one more card back from my grave, and I pick Giant Orc(2200/0)!" Impressive, sure he no longer has that counter on his Magical Warrior but it's still strong enough to take on Masked Dragon.
"Giant Orc, destroy that Elemental Dragon!" But I wasn't allowing that. I still need him on the field, so I just activated my trap once more as then the giant threw his arm out and yelled out in defiance.
"Fine by me, Magical Warrior get rid of that Masked Dragon!" I was more find with that, though I wasn't a fan of the battle damage, I still just nodded as I took 100 life points of damage, bringing me to 3900 and watched as Elemental Dragon shot down to 1500 attack again, as his fire effect was gone with Masked Dragon no longer on the feild, before calling out to him.
"You just triggered Masked Dragon's effect since he was destroyed by battle, meaning I can summon one dragon with an attack equal to or lower than 1500, and I think I'll be summoning my second Masked Dragon" So basically nothing changed expect I have something in my grave now.
"You got lucky! Moving to my second main phase, I summon Second Goblin and equip him to Giant Orc to get him out of defense mode! I end my turn" Maybe, I mean I got lucky that these two are idiots, if he just attacked Masked Dragon first and I defended him then that Giant Orc would have allowed him to destroy my Elemental Dragon which would have hurt a lot worse than something that barely hurt my life points.
"I draw!" I pulled out my card and looked down at it for a moment before smiling, it was luck but I didn't care as I drew the card I needed. Sure it might be to big of a clue to who I am later on but I think I'll be alright, so why the hell not.
"I summon out Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV4! But you shouldn't expect him to stick around long since I activate my spell card Level up! This allows me to instantly send Horus LV4 to the grave to bring out Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6(2300/1600)!" I smirked as the silvery metal Egyptian dragon took the field, from the body language of the giant, I don't think he was to worried, time to change that.
"Now I activate my face down card, bet you forgot about that! I play Spikeshield with Chain, increases Horus' attack up by 500!(2800/1600), now Horus attack his Giant Orc!" I could have done more if I attacked his lower level monsters but then that would just leave it open to try and destroy my weaker dragons and I didn't want that to happen, I like it when I have a full field. Doesn't change the fact that the hit had hurt as he lost 600 life points, bringing him down to 1400. Not to mention I can do this now.
"Next up I'll have Elemental Dragon attack you Breaker the Magical Warrior!" He yelled out as his monster was destroyed, doing 400 more damage and bringing him down to a mere 1000 life points left. At least, that's what I thought would happen, but I noted something as I looked at the fact that the Gaint Orc seemed to just reappear back onto the field.
"Though you could get rid of him that easily? When Giant Orc has a Second Goblin equipped, when he would normally be destroyed by battle, the second goblin instead will be destroyed in it's place" A bit annoying but it was fine, so with that I called out that I ended my turn as I watched as the big man drew before calling out.
"I play Pot of Greed!...I now activate a spell card, Banner of Courage, increasing all my monsters attack by 200 during my battle phase, and now I summon Battle Ox(1700/1000). Now onto my battle phase, I attack your puny Masked Dragon with Battle Ox!" I thought about it before sighing as I let the attack go through, using my scarecrow would just have the Orc attack next for even more damage, best to use it on that instead. Still annoyed me as I watched my life points drop down to 3500. but now I can still do this.
"Don't forget about his effect, because you destroyed Masked Dragon I get to summon another dragon from my deck, and I'll choose Exploder Dragon(1000/0)" It was a trap, and it would cost me a bit of life points if went for it, but it seemed like he wasn't going to fall for it as he yelled out to his monster.
"It doesn't matter since I'm attacking your Elemental Dragon!" This time I used my trap to block the attack as the big guy seemed to tense up as he looked at me for a long moment before calling out.
"I end my turn" I just smiled to myself as I pulled my next card out and looked it over before calling out.
"I'll also be playing Pot of Greed! Meaning I get two more cards!" With that I just looked pulled out the two mentioned cards and looked over them for a moment with a grin. This wasn't what I was expecting but I'll certainly use it, though I must say, I did make this deck because doing stuff like this got repetitive and easy but I think it'll be fitting for my first duel with this deck to use something like this.
"First things first, I'll be attacking that Giant Orc with Horus, destroying it and dropping you down to 400 life points, and since that's the case, I'll end my battle phase and activate a spell card, one I believe I've already had to pleasure to explain to you. Dragon's Gunfire! And this time I think I'll be picking the other option, meaning you're taking 800 damage, meaning I win!" I smiled as his counter shot down to zero as his massive legs seemed to give out as he dropped to one knee.
"I think you got something for me huh?" He just groaned for a moment as I continued to smile happily, though it was mostly false, I was still happy myself. It was a fun duel, not truly anything difficult but it was more than him trying something then me stopping it while hurting him a small bit over and over again until I won. I still won with a burn card but it more than just that.
"F-fine, as long as you don't tell anyone" I just have a nod as he reached into his pocket before dumping a few cards on the ground before removing a few from his deck before walking away. After a moment, I noted that the kid behind the tree also walked away after a long moment of what looked like him throwing a temper tantrum. I just shook my head as I walked forwards to the cards and began to pick them up, looking them over for a moment with a hum.
They were all good, but only a few would really work well with me, like the two Double Summons, and the Banner of Courage, though I think Alex would like that one more. Still, I did also get that Shallow Grave card as well but I would have preferred a Call of the Haunted, but it works. Still, I just shuffled them around a bit before noticing one more card that had fallen onto the ground. I just reached over and picked it up before blinking to myself before grinning.
Mountain. A nice field spell, which happens to effect Dragons, Winged Beast, and Thunder monsters by boosting their attack and defense power by 200. Not the biggest buff but it would most certainly help not to mention it effected every monster in my deck along with not taking up a back row spot. It would certainly come in handy, now what else is around here, the grass here is pretty tall, so there is probably another card or two down here. It's dark though and I kind of need my glasses for a reason.
Still, I just looked around for a little while longer and it did in fact pay off as I found two more cards, one was just another Pot of Greed, which was nice but so far, only having one seems to work but deck thinning isn't a bad thing to have available. And the last one was a Magical Mallet, which was actually nice as it basically let me redo any of my bad draws but a Card Trader would be more effective in the long run but this would work well in a pinch all the same.
With the cards packed away, I just yawned to myself as I absently rubbed my jaw, I'm not use to smiling so much and so it's kind of aching. This is why acting is a pain, though being good at it certainly does have it's merits. Whatever, time to get back to the Ra dorm, maybe if I'm lucky I'll get some sleep, I think that's becoming my motto at this point. Anyway, onward, I have like a forty minute walk to deal with anyway, though maybe I should stay out here for a bit so I don't run into that giant and his friend again, that would be admittedly awkward even if I change up my appearance on the way.
Thinking about it, I absently pushed my hair back down over my face, before moving it off to the side, out of my eyes, so it wasn't combed back anymore. It had been annoying me not to mention it was pulling on my scalp with how unused to it. Next I quickly shrugged off this jacket before throwing it over my shoulder as I began to walk back to the dorms. I use to wear jackets a lot, I just like having pockets but I have everything I need in my jeans or on my belt so they were unneeded.
Moving on, I continued to walk on for a moment before blinking as I looked around again at my surroundings. I've always had pretty damn good situational awareness, but nothing was around here, it was driving me fu- freaking mad, damn censoring. It kept flaring up over and over again at random times, when nothing was wrong or even that no one was around. I honestly can't tell if I'm going mad or not. It's really bugging me.
Shaking my head to myself, I let out an annoyed sigh before walking off, I'm beyond certain that something actually is following me, it's either that or I've gone insane, and personally I like that first option a lot more than the second. And since I can't seem to catch them then all I can do is just continue on and wait, it annoyed me but at least something was actually happening around here now. Doesn't mean it didn't trigger all of my paranoia but I couldn't do much about it right now, can I?
"You're crazy dude, I can't believe you actually managed to get a room next to mine" I just shrugged at that, totally letting him believe I some how managed that instead of it most certainly just being a coincidence that I was across the hall from him.
"It's not that crazy, anyway, move over I'm trying to put some things in there" He just nodded as he moved away from my much bigger closest as I walked over and hanged the few clothes I had inside. I really didn't have much, though I did still have that red jacket from Slifer, a good disguise is always nice to have on hand, though I should clean it soon, the thing has a lot of dust on it from that duel last night, somehow holograms kick up dust. I really didn't understand it, but tech levels are pretty optional in this world.
"Maybe. Oh! Right, I forgot to give this to you yesterday when you asked for it, might has well give it to you now" I just hummed to myself as my Kunai with Chain was back in my hands. Looking down at the card for a second, I then reached down with my free hand and opened up my deck holder before pulling out a certain card before handing it over, saying.
"Here, might as well leave you with something" With that I handed over the Banner of Courage, he just looked down at it for a moment before giving me a smile as he pocketed it.
"Thanks man, it might to be the best compared to that card but this is still pretty nice" I just nodded as I yawned to myself again, he seemed to notice before sighing and said.
"You do that all the time, you really should get some more sleep" I just scoffed at that because it was idiotic for him to think that I didn't already know that. I can't just suddenly choose to sleep like a normal person.
"Yeah, because that's how insomnia works" He laughed a small bit at that before looking over at the clock on the wall, my wall, it was still taking me a moment to switch all the words around in my head. I blame it on the fact that I'm kind of have a lot on my mind at the moment on top of the cripplingly sleep problems. It also doesn't help that Alex himself is somewhere at the top of my list of things I need to figure out.
"Hey, it's getting a bit late, we should hurry and head to class already. I think we're doing something different in gym class though, I think it's baseball..." All that aside I just huffed in amusement at he thought about that. He really didn't like sports, personally I not much of a fan either, not because I hate them, but I just don't see any appeal in it to care about it in anything other than mild indifference.
"You do realize Duel Monsters is also considered an international sport right? You really shouldn't look revolted at the very word" He just did that thing where he was in between pouting and huffing. It was amusing, still, I just moved onto something else, as I yawned again, just to annoy Alex, before calling out over my shoulder as I walked off.
"Well, let's hope classes are a bit more interesting this time" I just smiled to myself as I listened to him scrabble behind me as the door nearly closed completely before he caught it. He was right about what he said before after all, it was getting a bit close before we would have to rush to still get a meal in before we have to get to class.
Yawning was beginning to annoy me to be honest, so I'm trying to limit how much of that I'm doing, instead I was just using my time by doing something completely healthy and no one can question the legality of, I'm stalking my friend online. To be fair, it's closer to stalking his family, as one web search on the name Romine and I found a number of fun things.
He's family is a popular one, half seemed to be in the tv industry from the looks of things. Both his parents at least while his older brother and sister both work in the entertainment line of work. His last name's networth was honestly ridiculous, not in the billions mind you but a few million is still more than I've ever had, period. No wonder he didn't seem to care much about me paying him back, the teen's loaded.
But besides that, after a few more searches, I found something interesting, about three months ago, Alex's presence online practically vanished, which would have been at this point about a month and a half before the duel academy exams. He's been here longer than I have from the looks of things if the suddenly and pretty sharp change in personality can be attributed to anything.
That's enough for me to confirm it, I know a thing or two about shifts in personality, but this was way beyond the norm from what I was seeing on this screen to the person I know in the room across from mine. For one, on here there is a number of posts talking about how he was going to this dueling academy and he was going to destroy everyone with his Magician deck, not a Bluster Blader one, in fact that card is not mentioned anywhere. I mean sure he uses magicians, but mostly for support to bring out his ace.
Another thing was the arrogance in some of these statements, like he seemed to think he was above some people. I've known a few rick and spoiled kids in the past, this wasn't exactly like that but a comparison could easily be made. And comparing that to the awkward and socially inept teen that was Alex, who took his losses with mild disappointment, well there was a correlation as to why that would be.
Though there is more to gleam from this as well, a kid doesn't just get made that way, no one has a set personality, it's changed as they grow, I know, I've gone through a few in my time, though that's more for convenience than anything. Still, my point is, his parents are probably not the best when it comes to actually being parents, judging by the jobs their other two kids went into, I'm betting they're more of the forceful type rather than guiding their kids to what they want them to be.
Meaning I have little doubt that Alex is getting pressured by his folks to do something here, the long term goal was a bit obvious. Professional duelers, while not getting beyond amazing pay are still in the entertainment business as the duels are usually live with people coming out to watch them. So that probably means that Alex's parents want that for their kid. It would fit the theme.
But he's already working on that goal, I mean he is here at Duel Academy after all, so if his parents are pressuring him for something then it must be another thing. Got to say, I feel almost bad for him, I mean my parents haven't even called me but I'm more than fine with that. Though I'm not really sure which one of us got it worse on the whole, in a new world, thing.
I got an easier starting point with people who don't check up on me much, but I have very limited funds and seem to have something I have no idea about watching me. While he's rich as hell, got an extra month and a half on me in start time and already has a lot of other things to work with, but at the downside of having to deal with a lot of people he doesn't know, who all think they know him. Honestly, judging by our personalities, I would have done much better in his shoes and he would have in mine.
I'm worryingly good and manipulating and tricking people when I have my mind set on it, and I'd much rather deal with a few idiots who think they know best for me than something stalking me, but I guess I didn't really have a choice in the matter. Annoying but I'm managing it fine at the moment. Hmm. Now of course, on to the truly important question of all of this. What am I going to do now...
Caring isn't a strong suit of mine and while this is certainly pretty damn strange, I got to say, it doesn't bother me much, as from the looks of things, Alex, or whatever his original name is, is to busy having to deal with his family to care much about the plot, plus it really isn't any of my business, but I am really bored still... It says something about me that the only reason why I'm considering this is because oh how boring I find daily life.
But it is really boring and I mean, it's not like I would just be watching by the sidelines eating popcorn once I get somewhat involved. Usually when I get involved with something I end up taking the lead in it all, it's a habit and not a really good one at that but it was still a thing I do. But my point about it is, I will be helping him out in some way all the same so he can't really complain about it. But that would also meaning my life would probably become a lot more crazy, great another big question.
Worryingly crazy or beyond boring. It wasn't actually that hard of a question as I already knew the answer, boredom is the one thing I really can't stand, and while observing is fun for a movie, when it's something I can interact and effect, I usually end up doing that. Mostly to my own benefit but I do have a habit of it at this point I guess. Well, now to think of a way to breach this subject matter with Alex. So many choices... I'm doing a lot of pondering.
Leaning back in my chair a bit, I sighed to myself as I thought about it all for another moment before closing out of my opened tabs before deleting my history. I don't like trails, not to mention I've been doing that forever, just out of habit from doing it on my phone that translated to everything else over time. I'm sure someone could take that the wrong way as to what was being deleted...Eh I don't care.
I was bored, as always, as I looked over my decks for a while now, absently looking through the cards, I placed a few new ones in before frowning as I pulled one out from my dragon deck, in fact it was the only monster there wasn't a monster. Stealth Bird, I had forgot about this card...I pulled it out of the deck for a moment as I thought about shuffling it into my burn deck.
But as I thought about it, I reached over to said burn deck before pulling out my only Fox Fire. Looking over it for a moment, I hummed to myself as I thought about a few things. Fox Fire is a great monster to always have a defense mode monster on the field, and since my dragon deck has plenty of ways that I would be hurting from not drawing a certain card, maybe adding in some extra stalling power would be helpful. I mean that's the purpose of my Scrap Iron Scarecrow but some more wouldn't hurt.
Still, what to do with you mister bird? Hmm, it wouldn't be to bad in my dragon deck still, Mountain would boost it's defense to a decent 1900 for a level three monster, and with some other staller on the field this little guy can instantly deal 1000 damage to my opponent for every turn he's out after setting him. It might not be the most effective compared to some of my dragons or even other burn cards but it isn't to difficult.
With that out of the way, I pulled out a few other cards and looked them over, Double Summon, I had three of them now. I thought about it for a moment before placing two into the deck, it'll help tribute summoning and will add in an extra line of power I can bring out in one turn...Maybe two is a bit much, my ratio is about half in half with monsters to back rows which I'm more comfortable with than a skewed ratio with a lot of spells and traps.
Besides that, I could add in a Double Attack, but I have have to discard a monster with a higher level than the one selected for it to attack more than once and it's only for one turn, so it might be helpful but more than likely not. I can side deck it for a while just in case though as I have a few cards that can make use of my graveyard as well. With that done, I can add in this Magical Mallet as that'll come in handy and I think that'll be fine for now. I can think about some other additions later but I think I'd want to get a few other dragons in here before that as I still don't really have a lot of strong ones. In fact I only have four that naturally have attack points equal to or more than 2000.
The main dragons I'm looking out for at the moment actually are Red-Eyes Black Dragon and, of course, Horus LV8. The red eyes is because I have a few cards that would support it, like the two Inferno Fire Blasts that I can't make use of and the two Red-Eyes Wyverns I have in my deck as well, plus it's just a naturally strong monster card which would be nice to have more of just in general.
"Why am I here again?" I honestly had to ask as I wasn't really sure why I was here at the moment, besides Alex practically dragging me here after our last class of the week. I didn't really mind watching other duels if they were interesting enough, but Chazz versus Bastion was one we both knew the outcome of, even if he didn't know that it still applies in my opinion.
"Maybe because those two are two of the best in their respected dorms?" I just looked over at him for a moment before looking back. I didn't see why that mattered much but I didn't feel like having an argument so I just shut up as I watched the duel take place. Honestly, I'm not sure how I would fair against those two, for one, I'm sure Bastion would have a counter for my main, burn deck if he had time to plan and my dragon deck isn't honestly all that powerful at the moment.
While Chazz...I could probably beat him with my burn deck but not with my dragons unless I got some good draws and he acted like an idiot by falling into a few of my traps. But that's just speculation in all honestly, I have dueled anyone in the main cast yet so I really don't have any idea about how well I would fair against any of them. Since everyone is around here seems to be barely above average at best, I would like to think I would win but it's one of those things I can't say.
It's one of those things about this game, anyone can lose if their unlucky, the luck factor most certainly had a thing to do with some people's success after all. I mean gambling decks practically spell that out for some duelists. Of course, I like being more skilled than lucky, but without a pretty powerful and a well composed deck, then it's hard to rely on skill when you have to make due without certain cards. All in all, it's a balancing game, and I already knew that so this entire thought line was pointless.
"I guess, still the outcome is kind of obvious, I've seen this situation before" I have, very literally, Alex just glanced at me for a moment before turning back to the duel. I've decided to just drop a hell ton of hints on him over the next couple days and see if he picks up on any of it. It was mostly for my own amusement and just because I was curious about how he was going to react to it when I finally told him. Watching people put together dots I lay out is always entertaining.
"Really? This exact situation?" I just nodded as I watched as Bastion finished Chazz off. It was a bit of a clear cut fight but that might just be because I already knew how it was going to end before hand. Though, as we watched Chazz storm off, I noted that Alex seemed to find the sight a bit relaxing as canon continued to find a way. Still, this does open an opportunity for me, after all a position in Obelisk is going to be open soon. I don't think I'll go for it though, to much effort to convenience some people for it right after I just moved up.
"So, twenty bucks on Chazz running away sometime in the next week?" He was staring at me again before just looking away with a slightly confused expression on his face before it disappeared as he seemed to decide to not think about it. He was smarter than most of the kids around here from the looks of things, though that might be because he's probably older than he looks, but that doesn't mean he's great at connecting dots.
"Come on, I'm hungry and tired, thankfully I can solve one of those two issues. To the cafeteria" With that I just yawned before turning and walking away as I listened to Alex sigh to himself as he followed after me. I just smirked to myself as I walked away, he always has fun reactions, especially when I do manage to annoy him, then it's even more fun in my opinion. But that's not as important as getting something to eat, so onward.
"Don't you find this a bit boring?" I blinked before turning around and looked at a girl in a blue jacket who walked up to me, it had been a while later, and I had just won the minor weekend tournament again, without much effort. I just used my burn deck for this to quickly end the duels, which still says something since I'm winning quickly with a deck made for drawn out and longer duels. It was probably the reason why this random girl had said that as I accepted the card packs for winning, this time it was only three.
"Sure, but it's free cards so I'm not going to complain" Out loud at least, it normally just gives people a bad first impression plus I don't like verbally bitc- complaining, unless it's for a joke then it's just a waste of time.
"I suppose but aren't you interested in something a tad bit more challenging Kyu?" I gave her a side eye at that as she just smiled and said.
"You had quite the impressive duel against Marlon Trushake, in fact this is only the fourth time she's lost in her two years here. I like to keep up with the promising and up and coming duelists around here, and from what I've heard, you're still undefeated are you not?" I don't trust this, at all, as while I don't really care much about keeping track of rumors, I do know how people work, and with the amount of people I've pissed off, I'm sure at least a few of them would try to lie and say they've beaten me just to try and heal their damaged pride. So she's either trying to play to my ego or she's smart enough to see past a few fools lying to her, no matter which one it is, I don't like it.
"Yeah, but I'm not sure why your bothering me about this" I had a few ideas about what she might what based on locational context but I don't feel like playing mind games at the moment and having her tell me is simply easier than having to figure it out myself in the span of a few seconds to get her to slip up and tell me more out of her thinking I'm more all knowing than she thought. Basically it was a lot of work that I didn't want to do. She just smirked at that before saying.
"Hmm, I had heard you were smarter than this, a pity I guess" I just raised an eyebrow at that as I noted she was trying to manipulate me into getting me riled up. Pride can be useful, and I'll totally admit I have my fair share of it, but I don't let it control me, nor do I get angry over such travail things like petty insults to my intelligence. Still, no reason not to mess with her right back, so with that I just stared at her for a brief moment before replying back.
"And I haven't heard anything about you, I would say it's because you've kept it that way because of the games you host but you don't see me acting like your an idiot" She seemed to freeze at that as I gave her a smirk as my guess paid off, not to mention I was right about her assuming that I wouldn't be able to figure it out, she didn't think I would but still mocked me about it, she's an idiot.
I mean, it wasn't a hard guess, there is only so many things it could be considering the setting and world I'm in, so this only made sense that there would be some kind of underground dueling ring in this school. It's better than a drug ring I guess, though I'm certain her little group does some things against the rules, more than likely playing with antes at least. Still, she wasn't expecting it as she suddenly seemed to get a bit riled up instead of me. It was entertaining.
"How do you know that?" You know, I usually complain somewhat when annoying things happen to me, but with how bored I've been, I can only just continue to smirk as I continued to play with her.
"I didn't, but thanks for the proof" Her eyes widened at that before she glared at me, I just looked back with the same mildly bored look as ever, it seemed to piss her off even more. This wasn't really a fair match up, I'm a good bit older than her with many more years of practice at manipulating people under my belt. Mix that in with my great skill in reading people and this was child's play, though to be fair, she was only in her mid teens, this was so one sided it wasn't funny, well to other people at least, I found this pretty humorous.
"You!" I just shrugged at that before saying calmly.
"Oh don't worry, I'm not so big of a prick that I would turn you in right away" She suddenly froze at that as I huffed in amusement at the fact she clearly hadn't even thought about that being a possibility. I bet her whole plan was to try and read me, and probably fail, to see if I would be someone who would be interested in her little group and if I was and joined, then she would try and blackmail me with my participation to keep me quiet. From the look on her face, I think this is the first time hasn't gone her way from the start.
"You really aren't that good at this aren't you? No matter, like I said, I don't plan on turning you in at the moment" It was probably messed up to be toying with a teenager through mind games they couldn't hope to figure out, but I found it fun so I just waited before she let out a small relieved breath before continuing on to say.
"Oh course that could change pretty quickly" She froze again as I wondered if she only had one way to react to surprisingly information.
"You see, I feel like you had the right idea, so for now, the only thing I want is see how this whole thing works" She seemed to some how freeze anymore as a look of confusion played over her face as she seemed to try and figure out why I would want that. The answer was simple but it would seem like she wasn't as smart as she seems to think she is. The reason is because I don't actually have any proof at the moment, just my word so I don't actually have any blackmail material. but if I find where they're meeting, well, that'll change.
Not that she seemed to notice that but that was more of a confidence thing on my part, I find if you act confident than people are just more willing to not question you, and she's to shocked at the moment to question it right now. I'm sure if I give her some time she'll put it together but that's why I'm doing all this right now, to give her a lot to process in such a small window, and right now she's more than likely thinking to heavily on the punishment of being sold out to question my ability to turn her in in the first place.
"I see... I guess that can be arranged" I just nodded as she acted like she actually had a choice in this when she didn't, more than likely a defense mechanism to stop her from outwardly panicking. With that I just said.
"Cool, glad we can come to an understanding...So..? Where is it going to be taking place" It wasn't a question more of a demand as I continued to look at her with an expression that I could see was pissing her off, I mean I looked like I was only faintly interested in this at the moment. That reaction to something that was such a big deal to her was really messing her ability to stay calm, I did that so she just gritted out.
"Tonight, between the Ra and Obelisk dorms and up a bit in the forest area where that lake is" You see, when someone hates being around you and are panicking, they usually just blurt out what you want to hear to leave faster so they can go think things through, so with a bit of leading, it's easy to get answers to the things you want to know, so I didn't have a problem as I watched her storm off.
Humming to myself, I absently noted it had been a long while since I've blackmailed a person, it's neat to know that I don't seem to have lost my touch in it. With that I just yawned before sliding the card packs into my jeans before walking off back to my dorm. I wonder how hard it would be to take over this little under ground ring... Since I'm pretty certain they all are playing with some kind of an ante, it would a decent way to collect some of the cards I need along with maybe even being a source of cash for me as well.
Of course I could get in trouble for it but I doubt it would be that hard to get out of it, I mean I've already been almost expelled already, so as long as I don't do anything to crazy like make a card empire then I should be able to convince Sheppard to be able to duel for my place back in the academy. As I saw earlier, I doubt he would be the hardest to manipulate anyway.
Moving on from all of that stuff. I kind of want something to eat, maybe some kind of soup. Afterwards I'll open up those packs, but for right, food.
"So what have you been doing today?" I just shrugged as I dropped down on Alex's bed, not really caring as he huffed at that as I stared up at the ceiling. I was bored, again, can't night come by any sooner? Just because time is spiting me by slowing down what seems like any even more than ever. It was times like these that I wonder how difficult it would be to rule the world. Not out of wanting to do that as the idea of that sounds pretty repulsive, but it was just a thought experimentation.
"Are you going to answer or...?" I thought about it for a short moment before blinking to myself just to do something as I answered.
"I wasn't planning on it" His face scrunched up a bit at that. He wasn't the brightest but he wasn't dull either, usually I don't give enough of a damn to hide what I've been up to, but it's more of a don't ask won't tell kind of thing. It's the main reason he doesn't know about a few of the more interesting things I've been up to. Though I don't really care if he finds out, he just hasn't asked the right questions for me to answer them yet.
"Okay? Um..Why not?" He doesn't know how to handle this so I just thought about not answering, I mean he wasn't going to ask again, he would be to embarrassed for it at that point. He's lack of social skills and anxiety makes him not the best when it comes to pressuring someone to answer his questions. I didn't really mind much but when it comes to social situations I have to take the lead out of the two of us as he seems to freeze up a bit, which is equally amusing and annoying.
"No reason, just feel like you wouldn't be interested" He probably would be interested in my blackmailing but not in the way I would prefer, he acts a bit to nice and good for me to think he'd do anything but complain about what I'm doing. Other's people's morals don't really effect me but that doesn't mean I can't find them somewhat annoying at times.
"Oh um, ok then I guess" And with that the room turned silent, it was an awkward one, at least for Alex as I absently pulled out those card packets from earlier and opened them up. Holding them above my head for a few minutes as I looked them all over, I just humming before pulling a few out and setting them to the side. There were a few things I could make use of but barely anything I could consider amazing. I'll add and sort them into my decks later.
Setting them down to my side as I continued to look up at the ceiling for a moment, not really knowing what to do right now as I waited. Sure I could think up a number of productive things but I could be doing but at best it would just be something to keep me busy or something that has such a trivial thing that I would be even more bored doing that instead of just sitting here, lost in my own thoughts. Surprisingly it was Alex that spoke up.
"Hey...um, this is a weird question, but do you think our relationship is weird?" I blinked to myself at that as I turned my head to the side to look at the teen as he turned to look at me from his spot in his desk chair. I thought about his question for a moment, not really knowing why he had asked. I could probably figure it out, but that would take a moment and from the slight redness on his face, he was already seemingly regretting asking anything like that... I just hummed before sitting up as I asked.
"How do you mean?" Conversations were made to be two way, back and forth. I have a habit of either controlling a conversation or barely being involved in it, but it's clear that both approaches won't get Alex to get out of whatever he's thinking about so I can control myself at the moment. It really is just a habit but it's not to hard to control those stranger ones.
"W-well, I mean... I don't really know anything about you to be honest, and we don't really talk about each other's lives much, we just kind of hang around each other but that's mostly it" I hummed to myself as I thought about that. He was right obviously, I wasn't dense. Still, I wasn't a naturally open person, not that I'm super private about myself, I just don't care about talking about myself. When you know everything already about a subject, a discussion on it is only just review, and I've always disliked going back over stuff, it's just normally pointless.
"True. Though I don't think either of us really put an effort in, gives us that mysterious past element huh?" He gave a small laugh at that though there was some clear hesitation in it. Yeah, I'm still messing with him, I'm sure I'll tell him sooner than later, but for right now it's clear he needs something else than an emotional roller coaster, so support it is. it's been a while since I've done something like this for a friend but I shouldn't be to rusty. Still, I wasn't going to lead this so I just sat back and said to Alex.
"So what do you purpose we do then?...To actually get to know each other?" A little guidance doesn't hurt when it's for those that have no idea what to do. It seemed he was grateful for the idea as he grabbed onto it like a life line, seeming glad that I didn't act like this had next to no interest for me, which is how I've acted for practically everything else. He probably likes that I'm actually taking this more seriously than I normally take things, which isn't saying much to be honest with myself.
"Umm...I guess we could do some ice breaker games? It's a bit weird since we've known each other for honestly more than a month now, but it wouldn't hurt...So what about never have I ever?...uh, or I don't know two truths one lie?" He seemed to realize that the both were technically drinking games as he seemed to turn a bit red as I just brushed that aside as I said.
"Sure, we can draw cards to keep track, the one with the lowest wins I guess" He seemed glad I was quick on giving him a way to have a tracking system, sure it wasn't really needed in this case but it was clear he still wasn't sure how to lead this so giving him a few things to help ground himself to the idea of this as a game and not something more important might help him calm down. As it happens, knowing how to manipulate has more uses than just getting what I want out of people.
"You want to go first or should I?...And what game do you think we should start with?" I was right, it seemed that some structure helped him put his mind back into shape as he managed that without looking to uncomfortable. I've already helped him out enough though, if I did all the work for him, then he'll just keep relying on me, and people being clingy is just creepy.
"You can go first and so you can decide" He seemed to get a bit more nervous at that but didn't say anything on it, or anything at all for a moment as he seemed to think about something for a moment before saying.
"Um ok... Two truths one lie..., um, I use to play a lot of video games, I use to be on a swim team, and I use to dye my hair" Hmm. I just looked at him for a moment before picking it out, after all, one of these things is not like the others. He wasn't in bad shape but being in a sport for a while gets people use to exercising, plus I've pegged him as a gamer already so there's that, not to mention hair dye would be the worse if you spend a large amount of time in bleached water.
"You weren't on a swim team" He nodded at that though I did make note of something else. Some of his online profiles have pictures of him every few months, usually with his family but some times by himself, and none of them featured dyed hair, so he's using his original life to draw from. I frankly was going to do the same mostly because I have no idea about anything about this life's body's past.
"Yeah, your right, I wanted to for a while but I never actually went through with it" Another thing, he would probably be a bit to nervous to do so. It was one of those things that still made me a bit confused, he had the courage to go up to my door and apologize before asking for a duel but he couldn't seem to manage a conversation with other strangers for long before beginning to stammer. He doesn't really do that with me though. I wonder why...I probably remind him of someone he was comfortable to be around...Weird and thoughts for later, it's my turn.
"I've broken a bone, I've worn glasses since the fourth grade, and my favorite color is blue" He seemed to think about it for a few seconds before answering.
"You haven't broken a bone" I just shook my head as he blinked before sighing as he pulled out his deck before drawing a card so he could have a counter for how many he's gotten wrong.
"My left hand, and my favorite color is red actually, though blue is up there" And a few others but those weren't fond memories so I see no reason to bring it up. Afterwards he seemed to decide to switch it up and said.
"Never have I ever...broken someone's bone" I just pulled out my own deck and pulled out a card. His face was amusing to watch as he clearly didn't think I had done that but I just quickly followed it up by saying.
"Never have I ever been interested in girls in a romantic way" Now his face was even more entertaining as he just looked at me for a moment with a faint blush before pulling out another card. I figured as much, he's even more of a blushing mess around the female population. Still, he seemed to get I was just doing this to mess with him so just pushed it out of his mind before saying.
"Never have I ever had dark brown hair" Wasn't that targeted, I would make an argument that his hair was also on the darker side of brown in some places but I didn't feel like it so I just drew a card and then said.
"Never have I ever used Bluster Blader in my deck" I never have, no idea why, it's a good card and a great counter to dragons but I just never used it at any point in my on and off interest in this game even when it was just a normal card game. Alex just drew his card before saying back with a small smile.
"Never have I ever used only a full burn deck" I just rolled my eyes as I drew a card before deciding to switch it up a bit as this was devolving just a tad, though we both were enjoying the atmosphere.
"Two truths then, I've taught myself how to be ambidextrous, I know how to play a few songs on the flute, and I'm naturally hyper" He looked at me for a moment before trying to find out if I was joking or not before saying.
"The lie is obviously your hyper" I just smirked before saying.
"I'm actually very hyper, mentally at least, my mind is never at rest, it's why I'm always so bored because nothing can hold my interest for long, ADD basically. I don't know how to play the flute" He seemed to be surprised by that but I worded it weird just to mess with him a bit while still being correct all the same. After a moment he just shook his head before saying his next few as the two of us just continued to go back and forth for a while. He seemingly got more and more comfortable after a while as he stopped being so nervous about what he was saying and even asked for a couple stories about some of the things that came up about me, I just answered not really caring to hide it. All in all, it was a surprisingly nice way to spend my time before going to blackmail some chick.
Fun fact for the packs, I actually open real life ones online that have some of the few cards that Kyu would want to get, needless to say, I'm not really all that lucky. Oh fun fact, I got bored and just kept opening them online while I was looking to see how long it would get to get Horus LV8, I got literally every UR card in the pack twice, some even more, before I drew it. That's just stupid in my opinion. Anyway, yeah, Kyu is not exactly a great person all things considered, I think boredom is the absolutely the best way to get my demented side out and about because boredom is literally the worse thing ever for me. So this Kyu is a bit deprived in the form of entertainment and is doing whatever he thinks would be fun without any real care about things like minor consequences. Anyway, See ya.